Tulsa vs Temple 1/12/22 College Basketball Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Temple Owls will travel to the Donald W. Reynolds Center to take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane this Wednesday night in College Basketball action.

The Temple Owls won their 2^nd straight game and improved to 9-6 on the season after defeating the East Carolina Pirates, 78-75, this past Saturday. Temple trailed by a 40-34 margin at halftime, however, the Owls were outstanding offensively in the 2^nd half and was able to secure the victory after Damian Dunn hit a dramatic game-winning three-pointer with just :01 second left in regulation. Temple shot 49.1% from the field & 28.0% from beyond the arc while allowing East Carolina to shoot 51.0% from the field & 46.7% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Owls was Damian Dunn who had 33 points & 3 rebounds.

On the season, Temple is averaging 67.7 ppg on 41.1% shooting from the field. The Owls are averaging 6.3 three-pointers per game on 29.2% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Temple has been led Damian Dunn (15.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.1 spg), Jeremiah Williams (9.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.1 spg), Jahlil White (5.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.2 apg), & Nick Jourdain (5.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.5 bpg).

Temple has been hurt by injuries this season as they have already lost Khalif Battle (21.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg) for the season and been without Tai Strickland (8.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg) & Jake Forrester (6.2 ppg, 4.2) for the last two games.

Defensively, Temple is allowing their opponents to average 66.3 ppg on 40.4% shooting from beyond the arc. The Owls have a rebound margin of 1.7 and a turnover margin of -0.2.

The Tulsa Golden Hurricanes lost their 2^nd straight game and dropped to 6-7 on the season after being defeated by the Memphis Tigers, 67-64, on January 4^th. Tulsa struggled offensively against Memphis and could not fight all the way back after the Tigers took a 46-28 lead with 15:46 left in regulation. Tulsa shot 38.9% from the field & 32.1% from beyond the arc while allowing Memphis to shoot 46.2% from the field & 29.4% from beyond the arc. Leading the way for the Golden Hurricanes was Sam Griffin who had 25 points & 1 steal in 26 minutes from off the bench.

On the season, Tulsa is averaging 68.8 ppg on 44.8% shooting from the field. The Golden Hurricane are averaging 7.0 three-pointers per game on 35.7% shooting from beyond the arc. Offensively, Tulsa has been led by Sam Griffin (16.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.3 spg), Jeriah Horne (16.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.3 spg, 1.1 bpg), Darien Jackson (8.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.2 spg), & Anthony Pritchard (4.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.2 spg).

Defensively, Tulsa is allowing their opponents to an average of 67.4 ppg on 45.3% shooting from the field. The Golden Hurricane has a rebound margin of -3.6 and a turnover margin of 4.2.

The Owls are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games and 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games on the road. The Golden Hurricane are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games and 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games at home vs. Temple.

Temple has been led by their defense which ranks t-121^st in scoring defense & 70^th in defensive FG%, however, the Owls have struggled at times on the offensive end as they come into this matchup ranked just 276^th in scoring offense, 305^th in FG%, & 322^nd in 3P-FG%. Tulsa has also been led by their defense which ranks 144^th in scoring defense & 22^nd in turnover margin, however, like Temple, the Golden Hurricane can struggle putting points up on the board as they currently rank just 260^th in scoring offense.

Temple is a solid team, however, they are battling plenty of injuries and just haven’t had any success at Tulsa over the past few years. Tulsa looked solid in the 2^nd half at Memphis and as I think their defense gives the owls some trouble in this one, I think Tulsa does enough to cover this small spread. Good Luck!